cupule : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cupule	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cupule
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cupule n cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn Synonym(s): cupule, acorn cup a sucker on the feet of certain flies
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupule \Cu"pule\ (k?"p?l), n. [See {Cupola}.] 1. (Bot.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A sucker or acetabulum.